stridulating organ
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An organ formed by two parts of the body that produce a sound rubbing against each other. In some Palinurid genera, the lateral margins of the antennular plate are ridge-like and thickened; a projection of the antennal peduncle rubs over this ridge when the antenna is moved in a special way, thereby producing a rasping sound, which evidently is a means of communication.

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